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The Strad Recommends: Trio E.T.A.: un///known
A recently formed group celebrates youthful promise
The Strad Recommends: Caroline Nicolas: Pièces en Solitude
A memorable debut presents a bright new gamba star
The Strad Recommends: Kuss Quartet: Mozart
Mozart quintets are reframed to great effect
Concert review: Leila Josefowicz (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra/Matthias Pintscher
Bruce Hodges hears the performance of John Williams, Copland and Matthias Pintscher himself, at Philadelphia’s Marian Anderson Hall on 1 May 2026
Concert review: Mark Steinberg (violin) Jonathan Biss (piano)
Bruce Hodges visits Philadelphia’s Perelman Theater on 7 May 2026 for the recital of Mozart violin sonatas
Concert review: Joseph Conyers (double bass) Philadelphia Orchestra/Naomi Woo
Bruce Hodges listens to the performance of Tan Dun, Caroline Shaw and Mozart, Hindemith and Bartók at Philadelphia’s Marian Anderson Hall on 9 May 2026
Concert reviews
Concert review: Signum Quartet at the Schwetzingen Festival
Carlos María Solare hears two concerts by the foursome at the Mozartsaal on 30 April 2026, followed by the Evangelische Gemeinde on 2 May
Concert review: Galilee Quartet
Hattie Butterworth visits London’s Milton Court on 3 May 2026 for the recital of Webern and Mostafa and Gandhi Saad
Concert review: Darkness Visible: Âme, Lawrence Power (viola)
Edward Bhesania travels to London’s Barbican Centre on 7 May 2026 for an innovative staging of Ives, Dowland, Mozart, Jonny Greenwood, Prokofiev and Cassandra Miller
Concert review: Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
Edward Bhesania watches Fragments, an innovative staging of Bach, Joseph Hallman, Thomas Larcher, Missy Mazzoli, Jeffrey Mumford and Matthias Pintscher, at London’s Purcell Room on 17 May 2026
Alina Ibragimova: Beethoven
A long-standing partnership returns fruitfully to Beethoven
David Nadien: Beethoven, Franck, Mozart
A rare insight into a treasurable artist
Book reviews
Book review: Music and Silence: The Passion and Protest of Pablo Casals
Pauline Harding and her daughter read a picture-book biography of the great 20th-century cellist, focusing on his lengthy slient protest against the Franco regime
Boccherini Trio: Conversations À Trois
Franco-Belgian treats delight in an unusual programme
Raphaël Jouan: Dvořák
Suave beauty to the fore in this Bohemian warhorse
Kerson Leong: Fauré
Highly idiomatic artistry gets to the heart of the matter
Amsterdam Piano Trio: Schoenberg (arr.Guittart), Tchaikovsky
A recently formed group makes an ear-catching debut
Curtis Stewart: 24 American Caprices
A concept album with a difference proves joyous
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